#AD9437#AD9437

#AD9437 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.115 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD9437
RGBrgb(173, 148, 55)
HSLhsl(47, 52%, 45%)
HSVhsv(47, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.5%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(61.95, -1.26, 50.74)
CIE-LCHlch(61.95, 50.75, 91.43°)
OKLaboklab(67.16% -0.0078 0.1143)
OKLCHoklch(67.16% 0.115 93.9)
XYZxyz(28.5145, 30.3414, 7.9682)
Luminance0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD9437 #3750AD
analogous
#AD5937 #AD9437 #8BAD37
triadic
#AD9437 #37AD94 #9437AD
tetradic
#AD9437 #37AD59 #3750AD #AD378B
square
#AD9437 #37AD59 #3750AD #AD378B
split-complementary
#AD9437 #378BAD #5937AD
monochromatic
#504519 #7F6C28 #AD9437 #CAB257 #D8C786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97
#AD9437 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07
#AD9437 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9437
7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD9437#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD94371.002.977.077.07
#FFFFFF2.971.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0721.001.001.00
##0000007.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3912B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA993C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BB8981
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.115 93.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b373',
    500: '#ad9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad9437;
$custom-light: #c9b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.288,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67159,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD9437
secondary
#7D8CC2
accent
#6BDB4D
background
#FCFAF7
surface
#F9F5ED
border
#D2CFC8
text
#141108
muted
#82807B

Preview Lab

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#AD9437 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva